Charleston (CHS) – Chicago (ORD)
- Distance
- 1,224 km
- 760 mi · 661 nm
- Flight time
- 2 h 35 min / 2 h 17 min
- Average gate to gate: CHS → ORD / back
- Time difference
- 1 h
- CO2 per passenger
- 154 kg
- One way, economy, incl. RF (91 kg CO2 only)
- Passengers / year
- 338,574
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 · +31.9%
- Flights / week
- 79
- Both directions, average
- Seats filled
- 75%
- 453,669 seats a year
- Airlines nonstop
- 5
- UA, AA, MQ
Traffic: U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service), Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Distance: WGS-84 ellipsoid. CO2: UK DESNZ 2026 factors. Sources
The way there
- Heading from CHS
- 328°
- Heading from ORD
- 143°
- Halfway point
- 37.50, -83.73
- Great-circle km
- 1,224 km (sphere, for EU261)
- In the air CHS → ORD
- 1 h 57 min
- In the air ORD → CHS
- 1 h 41 min
- Clocks
- Chicago is 1 h behind Charleston
The estimate for a route without real times is 2 h 15 min; how it is worked out is on Sources.
Show as a table
| Month | Passengers |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 23,428 |
| Sep 2025 | 24,126 |
| Oct 2025 | 27,223 |
| Nov 2025 | 26,407 |
| Dec 2025 | 23,284 |
| Jan 2026 | 16,345 |
| Feb 2026 | 21,642 |
| Mar 2026 | 31,305 |
| Apr 2026 | 35,197 |
| May 2026 | 37,288 |
| Jun 2026 | 36,837 |
| Jul 2026 | 35,492 |
Show as a table
| Month | Flights |
|---|---|
| Aug 2025 | 267 |
| Sep 2025 | 290 |
| Oct 2025 | 353 |
| Nov 2025 | 341 |
| Dec 2025 | 338 |
| Jan 2026 | 280 |
| Feb 2026 | 301 |
| Mar 2026 | 394 |
| Apr 2026 | 375 |
| May 2026 | 415 |
| Jun 2026 | 387 |
| Jul 2026 | 360 |
Airlines flying CHS–ORD nonstop
| Airline | Flights / week | Share of passengers |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 29 | 45% |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 11 | 19% |
| MQEnvoy Air | 19 | 17% |
| YXRepublic Airline | 17 | 16% |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 3.2 | 3% |
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Airlines with at least one flight a month. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment (all carriers, scheduled service). Sources
Aircraft on this route
- Embraer ERJ-175 · 1,862 flights
- Airbus Industrie A319 · 718 flights
- Boeing 737-800 · 487 flights
- Airbus Industrie A320-100/200 · 316 flights
- Boeing 737-700/700LR/Max 7 · 309 flights
- Embraer-Emb-170 · 176 flights
- Boeing 737-900ER · 112 flights
- Boeing B737 Max 800 · 76 flights
Also carried: 2 tonnes of freight and 0 tonnes of mail a year (passenger and cargo flights).
Punctuality
- On time
- 77.1%
- Arrived within 15 min of schedule
- Average delay
- 17 min
- Late arrivals count, early ones as 0
- Cancelled
- 2.3%
- Flights counted
- 4,212
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
| Airline | On time | Average delay |
|---|---|---|
| UAUnited Air Lines | 76.5% | 18 min |
| MQEnvoy Air | 78.6% | 14 min |
| YXRepublic Airline | 76.6% | 14 min |
| AAAmerican Airlines | 79.1% | 20 min |
| OOSkyWest Airlines | 68.3% | 32 min |
Delay minutes by cause: airline 25% · aircraft arriving late 38% · air traffic system 33% · weather 4% · security 0%.
Both directions, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (US domestic flights of the larger US airlines). Sources
What passengers paid
- Average fare, Q1 2026
- $271
- One way, all cabins
- Average over a year
- $257
- Q2 2025 – Q1 2026
- Largest airline
- United Air Lines
- 59% of passengers · $276
- Lowest-fare airline
- American Airlines
- 37% of passengers · $261
History, not a price to book: what the average passenger paid per one-way trip in each quarter (Q2 2025 $267 · Q3 2025 $235 · Q4 2025 $257 · Q1 2026 $271).
Fare outlook, Q1 2027: about $277, likely $239–$315
The average fare paid we expect a year after Q1 2026, the newest DOT quarter. On this route, past forecasts made this way fell inside the range 76% of the time over 21 quarters (median error 6.9%). An estimate from US DOT data: not a price you can book, not a guarantee, not advice on when to buy. How the outlook works
Cheapest quarter on this route: Q3, typically 5% below the year's average (9 years of DOT data, without 2020–21).
U.S. DOT Consumer Airfare Report, Table 1a (airline ticket sample, US domestic airport pairs). Sources
Delay compensation (EU261 / UK261)
Measured by great-circle distance: 1,224 km.
Neither EU261 nor UK261 covers this route: it neither starts nor ends in the EU, EEA, Switzerland or the UK. Other countries have their own rules (for example Canada's APPR or Brazil's ANAC rules).
Also owed for a cancellation with less than 14 days' notice or denied boarding. Not owed for extraordinary circumstances. On a connection, the distance to the final destination counts. From 23 October 2027 the EU's Regulation 2026/2202 applies; it keeps these amounts (what changes in 2027). Information, not legal advice.
Every airport pair between Charleston and Chicago
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| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| ORD → LGA | 1,180 km | 2,736,902 |
| ORD → LAX | 2,808 km | 2,332,419 |
| ORD → SFO | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| ORD → DEN | 1,430 km | 1,974,190 |
| ORD → MCO | 1,617 km | 1,924,694 |
| ORD → DFW | 1,290 km | 1,916,312 |
| ORD → BOS | 1,395 km | 1,886,038 |
| ORD → EWR | 1,157 km | 1,731,402 |
| ORD → IAH | 1,489 km | 1,711,056 |
| ORD → PHX | 2,317 km | 1,706,053 |